The Children's Own LongfellowHoughton Mifflin, 2001 - 96 pages This handsome volume contains eight of the most popular of Longfellow's poems, including "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Village Blacksmith," "Paul Revere's Ride," and excerpts from "The Song of Hiawatha." This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Poetry)" |
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Page 26
... morning , Gladdened the earth with its light , and ripened thought into action . She was a woman now , with the heart and hopes of a woman . " Sunshine of Saint Eulalie " was she called ; for that was the sunshine Which , as the farmers ...
... morning , Gladdened the earth with its light , and ripened thought into action . She was a woman now , with the heart and hopes of a woman . " Sunshine of Saint Eulalie " was she called ; for that was the sunshine Which , as the farmers ...
Page 60
... morning , Touched his forehead with its tassels , Said , with one long sigh of sorrow , " Take them all , O Hiawatha ! " From the earth he tore the fibres , Tore the tough roots of the Larch - tree , Closely sewed the bark together ...
... morning , Touched his forehead with its tassels , Said , with one long sigh of sorrow , " Take them all , O Hiawatha ! " From the earth he tore the fibres , Tore the tough roots of the Larch - tree , Closely sewed the bark together ...
Page 63
... morning Played as in the hemlock branches ; On the bows , with tail erected , Sat the squirrel , Adjidaumo ; In his fur the breeze of morning Played as in the prairie grasses . On the white sand of the bottom Lay the monster 63 THE SONG ...
... morning Played as in the hemlock branches ; On the bows , with tail erected , Sat the squirrel , Adjidaumo ; In his fur the breeze of morning Played as in the prairie grasses . On the white sand of the bottom Lay the monster 63 THE SONG ...
Contents
The Wreck of the Hesperus II | 9 |
The Song of Hiawatha | 58 |
The Building of the Ship | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Acadian farmers Adjidaumo aloft Anon answer bark barns Basil the blacksmith beautiful behold belfry Bellefontaine beneath Benedict birch canoe bosom bows BUILDING castle-builder cheer church clamorous darkness door Evangeline eyes face farm farm-yard father flax flocks forest Gabriel gazed gleamed goodly hand hear heard heart Hesperus Kayoshk King of Fishes Kwasind labor land laugh light lips listened LONG SERPENT look loud maiden mast Master meadows mighty moon morning Nahma night Nokomis notary notary public o'er ocean Old North Church Paul Revere Paul Revere's Ride paused Port Royal priest ride river rose Round sailed sank sea-gulls shadows shining ship ship-yard shore shouted silence Slowly snow-white SONG OF HIAWATHA sorrow sound spake Spanish Main steed stood sturgeon sun-fish thee Thorberg Skafting thou tide Toiled Ugudwash unto vessel village of Grand-Pré voice waited wave wind wooden words wreck yellow yellow water-lily